Surface Music Box
For Instance, Vibration Sensors!
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
Mark Weiser
Mark Weiser - The Father of Ubiquitous Computing
Wikepedia - Mark Weiser
| "Ubiquitous computing names the third wave in computing, just now beginning. First were mainframes, each shared by lots of people. Now we are in the personal computing era, person and machine staring uneasily at each other across the desktop. Next comes ubiquitous computing, or the age of calm technology, when technology recedes into the background of our lives. " -Mark Weiser | ||
- The purpose of a computer is to help you do something else.
- The best computer is a quiet, invisible servant.
- The more you can do by intuition the smarter you are; the computer should extend your unconscious.
- Technology should create calm.
Wikepedia - Mark Weiser
Music Making Reference Site
This is a website for Music Making. There are several music making software, sound effects and etc......
Music Making - http://making-music.blogspot.com/
Music Making - http://making-music.blogspot.com/
Sketches
Here are some SKETCHES!!!
Figure 1.0
This diagram is showing that how the installation going to look like
Figure 1.1
This is the back view of the Table
Figure 1.2
This is the system, on how to plug everything together
Figure 1.3
This is the front view of the table. (with the mixer)
Figure 1.0
This diagram is showing that how the installation going to look like
Figure 1.1
This is the back view of the Table
Figure 1.2
This is the system, on how to plug everything together
Figure 1.3
This is the front view of the table. (with the mixer)
Idea Development
What I'm doing?
Ubiquitous Computing Music Making
Example?
Nike Music Shoe *Click to Know More*
Where is the best place to exhibit this installation?
Studio. Sound Studio.
How do you do so?
I'm using Mixer(s), Software(Pro Tools or any other music making software), Arduino, Various Sensors, PC(s)
Why Sound Studio is the best place?
Studio got a better sound quality, it will perform even better compared to a much open places. Since I'm doing something related to Music Making, then sound is very important. Bass, Treble, and some other mixer's available equalization.
Who will take place?
Music Maker/Challengers
Music Maker can try a new way of making music which will give them some challenges as well.
Challengers, are those people who don't know anything about music making and also instruments, can challenge themselves in this unique Installation.
Ubiquitous Computing Music Making
Example?
Nike Music Shoe *Click to Know More*
Where is the best place to exhibit this installation?
Studio. Sound Studio.
How do you do so?
I'm using Mixer(s), Software(Pro Tools or any other music making software), Arduino, Various Sensors, PC(s)
Why Sound Studio is the best place?
Studio got a better sound quality, it will perform even better compared to a much open places. Since I'm doing something related to Music Making, then sound is very important. Bass, Treble, and some other mixer's available equalization.
Who will take place?
Music Maker/Challengers
Music Maker can try a new way of making music which will give them some challenges as well.
Challengers, are those people who don't know anything about music making and also instruments, can challenge themselves in this unique Installation.
Precedence Studies
Nike Free Run+ Ads aka Nike Music Shoe
This is an Nike Free Run+ advertisement performed by HIFANA
This project was handled by Daito Manabe. He is the programmer also the technician. He used Arduino, Pro-Tools, Bend Sensors, Acceleration Sensors, MacBook Pro, and some others wiring system to get this Nike Music Shoe works.
Figure 1.0
This Diagram shows how Daito do gets everything together and make it works.
Figure 1.1
Figure 1.2
This Diagram shows the Software of Daito's Pro Tools working with the Sensors.
This installation/exhibition is a success after they published this ads on the web. People were impressed by the way they presented the whole idea, some of the people even think these installation is a fake. However, this is a brand new challenge to music maker as other music maker don't use this method to create their music.
This is an Nike Free Run+ advertisement performed by HIFANA
This project was handled by Daito Manabe. He is the programmer also the technician. He used Arduino, Pro-Tools, Bend Sensors, Acceleration Sensors, MacBook Pro, and some others wiring system to get this Nike Music Shoe works.
Figure 1.0
This Diagram shows how Daito do gets everything together and make it works.
Figure 1.1
Figure 1.2
This Diagram shows the Software of Daito's Pro Tools working with the Sensors.
This installation/exhibition is a success after they published this ads on the web. People were impressed by the way they presented the whole idea, some of the people even think these installation is a fake. However, this is a brand new challenge to music maker as other music maker don't use this method to create their music.
Monday, November 1, 2010
Pro Tools & Daito
Pro Tools
http://www.avid.com/US/products/Pro-Tools-8-Software
This is the software where the professionals use for music making. Based on the NIKE MUSIC SHOE programmer, Mr.Daito Manabe, he used this software to program the sensors, from Arduino to MacBook/Laptop, then to Pro Tools. That is how the sensors will react when we bend the sensors.
There's a diagram of the programming and the planning part of the Nike Music Shoe at Daito Manabe website, which is
http://daito.ws
http://www.avid.com/US/products/Pro-Tools-8-Software
This is the software where the professionals use for music making. Based on the NIKE MUSIC SHOE programmer, Mr.Daito Manabe, he used this software to program the sensors, from Arduino to MacBook/Laptop, then to Pro Tools. That is how the sensors will react when we bend the sensors.
There's a diagram of the programming and the planning part of the Nike Music Shoe at Daito Manabe website, which is
http://daito.ws
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Proposal 3
Title
Owner
Research Topic
Identification Card, Bluetooth Sensors
Background
How are the people going to access the details of yours when they need it?
Facebook? (when there's no internet connection available)
Identification Card!
But, how's going to work? Nowadays in the office, we still need to fill in the form with our details, or even thumbprints MANUALLY.
Problem Identification
It's going to take a lot of time filling personal details in a FORM. Why not we change it to digital.
Aim and Objectives
• The easiness of accessing personal details
• Save times, save paper, save energy
• To companies which always using form to get customers or clients details,
easier to do the works. Most importantly, SAVE TIME!
Motivation
Nowadays, queuing is the one most sickening thing in the world. For examples, doing passport need to wait 2-3 hours of Looooooong Que. this is because everything is written in paper and need to key back in to PC, that cost lots of time.
Ideation and Concept
Storage card with sensors(still doing research)
Table/tablet Sensors with Bluetooth/Wireless/Infrared.
When the card place on the table/tablet, it will appears the person's details. Of course, editing the personal details are available.
When placing the card on the table/tablet, the details will appear on the big screen.
• Taking Portrait Photo (to update the photo of the identification)
Review, Analysis and Precedence Studies
This is Microsoft Surface. The idea of researching on this is, placing a thing on the surface, it will appear the details.
While our local Identification Card is just a normal card that shows our name, I.C. Number, and house address.
Design Approach
Owner
Research Topic
Identification Card, Bluetooth Sensors
Background
How are the people going to access the details of yours when they need it?
Facebook? (when there's no internet connection available)
Identification Card!
But, how's going to work? Nowadays in the office, we still need to fill in the form with our details, or even thumbprints MANUALLY.
Problem Identification
It's going to take a lot of time filling personal details in a FORM. Why not we change it to digital.
Aim and Objectives
• The easiness of accessing personal details
• Save times, save paper, save energy
• To companies which always using form to get customers or clients details,
easier to do the works. Most importantly, SAVE TIME!
Motivation
Nowadays, queuing is the one most sickening thing in the world. For examples, doing passport need to wait 2-3 hours of Looooooong Que. this is because everything is written in paper and need to key back in to PC, that cost lots of time.
Ideation and Concept
Storage card with sensors(still doing research)
Table/tablet Sensors with Bluetooth/Wireless/Infrared.
When the card place on the table/tablet, it will appears the person's details. Of course, editing the personal details are available.
When placing the card on the table/tablet, the details will appear on the big screen.
• Taking Portrait Photo (to update the photo of the identification)
Review, Analysis and Precedence Studies
This is Microsoft Surface. The idea of researching on this is, placing a thing on the surface, it will appear the details.
While our local Identification Card is just a normal card that shows our name, I.C. Number, and house address.
Design Approach
Proposal 2
Title
TouchZle
Research Topic
Multi-touch, Jigsaw Puzzle Game
Background
Jigsaw Puzzle is a puzzle game, or a "board" game that made with card boards, long long time ago. Normally, or almost all of the puzzles are design with beautiful graphics, super cars, or photos.
Problem Identification
Normal puzzle doesn't bring much message or the meaning of playing puzzles to the people. They just solve the puzzles, and that's it.
Aim and Objectives
�� • To let people know, cooperation and teamwork are important.
• To bring a message, Once United, It's Beautiful.
Motivation
Nowadays, racism issues are all around. Not only politics, the schooling area where to teach a person to become a better ones, came out with a serious racism issue. Personally I think that racism is a non-rational & childish thinking. Why would a person living in the same country with Multi-Culture, Multi-Racial society starts commenting and firing on a certain race.
Ideation and Concept
It's going to be a multi-touch gaming experience. Using a multi-touch panel to play a jigsaw puzzle, that's a whole new experience. Using hand zooming in and out, turning around to look for a correct place for that piece of puzzle.
Review, Analysis and Precedence Studies
This is a Digital Jigsaw Puzzle game.
This is a Multi-Touch Table
Design Approach
Using a multi-touch tablet, link to the PC, while there's a projector projecting on a big screen. Overall it's going to be Anti-Racism design.
TouchZle
Research Topic
Multi-touch, Jigsaw Puzzle Game
Background
Jigsaw Puzzle is a puzzle game, or a "board" game that made with card boards, long long time ago. Normally, or almost all of the puzzles are design with beautiful graphics, super cars, or photos.
Problem Identification
Normal puzzle doesn't bring much message or the meaning of playing puzzles to the people. They just solve the puzzles, and that's it.
Aim and Objectives
�� • To let people know, cooperation and teamwork are important.
• To bring a message, Once United, It's Beautiful.
Motivation
Nowadays, racism issues are all around. Not only politics, the schooling area where to teach a person to become a better ones, came out with a serious racism issue. Personally I think that racism is a non-rational & childish thinking. Why would a person living in the same country with Multi-Culture, Multi-Racial society starts commenting and firing on a certain race.
Ideation and Concept
It's going to be a multi-touch gaming experience. Using a multi-touch panel to play a jigsaw puzzle, that's a whole new experience. Using hand zooming in and out, turning around to look for a correct place for that piece of puzzle.
Review, Analysis and Precedence Studies
This is a Digital Jigsaw Puzzle game.
This is a Multi-Touch Table
Design Approach
Using a multi-touch tablet, link to the PC, while there's a projector projecting on a big screen. Overall it's going to be Anti-Racism design.
Monday, October 25, 2010
Proposal 1
Title
Blend'er
Research Topic
NIKE MUSIC SHOE
Background
NIKE MUSIC SHOE
This installation/performance was performed by a band called HIFANA from Japan. Throughout this installation, they are using SHOES(Nike) to perform different sounds become a music. Inside the shoes, there are Bend Sensors and Acceleration Sensors. Of course, computing software and hardware are needed to perform. Software they are using is GarageBand, and the Hardware is Arduino.
Bend Sensor - A bend sensor is a type of resistor. It is composed of tiny patches of carbon that change resistance values when bent from convex to concave shapes. The bend sensor is used in conjunction with a voltage divider to provide changing voltages, which the Teleo reads on an Analog input.
http://www.makingthings.com/teleo/teleo/cookbook/bendsensor.htm
Acceleration Sensor - Accelerometers are designed to detect changes in force resulting from fall, tilt, motion, positioning, shock and vibration. Freescale has created three ranges of accelerometers to detect these changes: low g (less than 20 g), medium g (between 20 g to 100 g) and high g (100 g to 500 g).
http://www.freescale.com/webapp/sps/site/overview.jsp?code=DRSNSAXLRTN
Sound/Music Making Software/Hardware
Arduino -
Arduino can sense the environment by receiving input from a variety of sensors and can affect its surroundings by controlling lights, motors, and other actuators. The microcontroller on the board is programmed using the Arduino Programming Language (based on Wiring) and the Arduino development environment (based on Processing). Arduino projects can be stand-alone or they can communicate with software on running on a computer (e.g. Flash, Processing, MaxMSP).
Problem Identification
http://www.arduino.cc/
GarageBand
GarageBand is a software where people use to do music recording/music making. This software is available for Apple Desktop & Laptops.
http://www.apple.com/ilife/garageband/what-is.html
Aim and Objectives
i) To let people know, do not judge people by the looks.
ii) To bring a message, different person, there are different abilities, specialties and personalities in them.
iii) To let people enjoy, the fun of Music Making and Ubiquitous Computing.
Motivation
I always wanted to become a Professional Deejay, where making musics and sounds to bring up the crowd, and enjoy the music. Become a Deejay is easy, but to use Ubiquitous Computing method in Deejay is not an easy job. So, a challenge is a motivation.
Ideation and Concept
Overall, it's going to be a person interactive with SHOES(sensors).
*Subject matter may be changed due to concept issue. For now will use shoes.
People will use their hand to hold the shoes, bend it/fold it to create sounds. Other the other hand, it's not only hand, SHOES, so user can put on the shoes on the feet to function it as well.
Review, Analysis and Precedence Studies
Everyone love music, this is because music can show their mood, their expression or even their own style of living.
For example, tons of people loves night clubbing with the catchy beats music. Deejay is the person who brings the music to them, and they enjoy it.
Design Approach
The design is going to be a SHOE Deejay Table.
Blend'er
Research Topic
NIKE MUSIC SHOE
Background
NIKE MUSIC SHOE
This installation/performance was performed by a band called HIFANA from Japan. Throughout this installation, they are using SHOES(Nike) to perform different sounds become a music. Inside the shoes, there are Bend Sensors and Acceleration Sensors. Of course, computing software and hardware are needed to perform. Software they are using is GarageBand, and the Hardware is Arduino.
Bend Sensor - A bend sensor is a type of resistor. It is composed of tiny patches of carbon that change resistance values when bent from convex to concave shapes. The bend sensor is used in conjunction with a voltage divider to provide changing voltages, which the Teleo reads on an Analog input.
http://www.makingthings.com/teleo/teleo/cookbook/bendsensor.htm
Acceleration Sensor - Accelerometers are designed to detect changes in force resulting from fall, tilt, motion, positioning, shock and vibration. Freescale has created three ranges of accelerometers to detect these changes: low g (less than 20 g), medium g (between 20 g to 100 g) and high g (100 g to 500 g).
http://www.freescale.com/webapp/sps/site/overview.jsp?code=DRSNSAXLRTN
Sound/Music Making Software/Hardware
Arduino -
Arduino can sense the environment by receiving input from a variety of sensors and can affect its surroundings by controlling lights, motors, and other actuators. The microcontroller on the board is programmed using the Arduino Programming Language (based on Wiring) and the Arduino development environment (based on Processing). Arduino projects can be stand-alone or they can communicate with software on running on a computer (e.g. Flash, Processing, MaxMSP).
Problem Identification
http://www.arduino.cc/
GarageBand
GarageBand is a software where people use to do music recording/music making. This software is available for Apple Desktop & Laptops.
http://www.apple.com/ilife/garageband/what-is.html
Aim and Objectives
i) To let people know, do not judge people by the looks.
ii) To bring a message, different person, there are different abilities, specialties and personalities in them.
iii) To let people enjoy, the fun of Music Making and Ubiquitous Computing.
Motivation
I always wanted to become a Professional Deejay, where making musics and sounds to bring up the crowd, and enjoy the music. Become a Deejay is easy, but to use Ubiquitous Computing method in Deejay is not an easy job. So, a challenge is a motivation.
Ideation and Concept
Overall, it's going to be a person interactive with SHOES(sensors).
*Subject matter may be changed due to concept issue. For now will use shoes.
People will use their hand to hold the shoes, bend it/fold it to create sounds. Other the other hand, it's not only hand, SHOES, so user can put on the shoes on the feet to function it as well.
Review, Analysis and Precedence Studies
Everyone love music, this is because music can show their mood, their expression or even their own style of living.
For example, tons of people loves night clubbing with the catchy beats music. Deejay is the person who brings the music to them, and they enjoy it.
Design Approach
The design is going to be a SHOE Deejay Table.
The Making Of Nike Music Shoes
In this video they've shown how they used the sensor, not only bend sensors, but also acceleration sensors as well.
Bend Sensors
This video inspires me about Bend Sensors and doing more research on it.
This is a Nike Free Run Ads. This ads inspired me to do something with it for the Final Year Project.
They are using Bend Sensors, Computers, Mixer, and the last but not least Speaker.
This is a Nike Free Run Ads. This ads inspired me to do something with it for the Final Year Project.
They are using Bend Sensors, Computers, Mixer, and the last but not least Speaker.
What is Ubiquitous Computing?
Meaning of Words:
Ubiquitous : existing or being everywhere/having or seeming to have the ability to be everywhere at once.
Computing : the activity of using computers and writing programs for them/
Ubiquitous : existing or being everywhere/having or seeming to have the ability to be everywhere at once.
Computing : the activity of using computers and writing programs for them/
the use of a computer to process data or perform calculations.
So, basically Ubiquitous Computing (Ubicomp) means the activity of using computers and writing programs at everywhere, anywhere(at once)
Mark Weiser is the father of Ubiquitous Computing. He created "Ubiquitous Computing" this phrase in 1988.
Mark Weiser's principles description about Ubiquitous Computing
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Weiser
So, basically Ubiquitous Computing (Ubicomp) means the activity of using computers and writing programs at everywhere, anywhere(at once)
Mark Weiser is the father of Ubiquitous Computing. He created "Ubiquitous Computing" this phrase in 1988.
Mark Weiser's principles description about Ubiquitous Computing
- The purpose of a computer is to help you do something else.
- The best computer is a quiet, invisible servant.
- The more you can do by intuition the smarter you are; the computer should extend your unconscious.
- Technology should create calm.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Weiser
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